A favorite

Happy Thursday everyone!!! I hope you are having a good day. Today is an okay day. My oldest has his speech class today so I actually have something I have to do and somewhere to be. That is always a bonus for a sahm of little kiddos.

I also want to brag on my husband for a few. He truly is the best husband I could have asked for. Of course we have our disagreements and such but for the most part, a husband that loves me, our boys and can cook and clean? Yep, that is my husband and I love it.

Why I have to brag? Because on Sunday my youngest had a runny nose so we didn't want to take him to church. Since I kinda HAVE to be there he stayed home with our youngest. I took our oldest and headed off to church. By the time I got back some of my craft stuff was out in the living room.

Again, let me preface, since we moved here almost a year and a half ago I have had a piece of the laundry room to craft in. It worked out great because there were a lot of storage but it was out of the way and my boys would inevitably get into something while I tried to craft. Since we have a long living room and using only about half I suggested we move my stuff out here so my boys can play in the room while I craft and can't destroy my house too much hehehe.

I love it. I have gotten more done out here than I ever did in the laundry room. I can't wait to get it all together and organized. Hopefully I can keep it organized from here on out as well hehehe.

So I guess we should get to my project. I made a scrapbook page. I am not going to go into much on the picture because it really is special to me.

The ribbon on the bottom was an idea I took from a friend. She did something like that with her daughters headband. Seriously she makes the cutest headbands for her daughter. I might have to have her make some IF I ever have a daughter hehehe.

The red circle is a coaster that I sponged with pure poppy ink and then stamped with polka dot basics in palette white and stamped the filigree image from silent night in palette black. The heart is also a chipboard I got from Joann's and stamped with a sentiment from a Target stamp and sponged on the edges with black ink.

The stitching on the bottom was hand stitched because my sewing machine doesn't like paper. I just pierced the holes with a guide and basically embroidered with a sewing needle.

I did notice that I wrote the wrong date on the page. I had to fix that.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Deets: paper: PTI pure black, stampers select white, joann's paper; ink: palette black, white and pti pure poppy; ribbon: Michael's $1 spot and thread is from Michael's as well for jewelry; buttons: wal-mart; brads: Queen & Co.; flowers: joann's; and stamps: pti polka dot basics, silent night, simple little lings and Target

Going Nuts

Happy Tuesday!!! This is a little late because my older guy has speech this morning. But I did want to get on here and finally show you a project I made last week that I have been dying to show you. I checked Nichole's blog before starting this to make sure there were no challenges on there. Well, there is but not something I need to post here. If you want to win a very adorable craft made my Nichole and the design team go to Nichole's blog and enter your guess.

While doing some blog surfing last week I came across a lady's blog (sorry I cannot remember who it was) who directed me to splitcoaststampers and a tutorial to make a gable box. I have never made a gable box but get in a rut making cards so why not do something else every once in a while, right?

So, I set to make a gable box. I want to preface this by saying that I am limited in my supplies because not only am I cheap but my husband is military and I don't work so my supply budget is limited so I went with what I had.

Really the only thing I was missing was the oval punch. I went to the next best thing I have, a small circle punch. I think it turned out just adorable and would make them over and over again this way.

The cardstock is PTI vintage cream stamped with polka dot basics in spring rain.`I secured the box closed with a clip I bought through oriental trading post and some Michael's ribbon. The sentiment if from PTI's "my punny valentine" stamp set and was stamped using cat's eye brown chalk ink on vintage cream and I sponged the edges with spring rain. That was matted on PTI's dark chocolate cardstock. The flowers are some I had in my stash, sorry can't remember where they are from. I sewed on the buttons by hand.

The main image is also from my punny valentine. I used vintage cream and brown chalk's eye to stamp the squirrel. I just love how he turned out. It makes him look all fuzzy and adorable. The nut is also from the same set. It was stamped using SU! creamy caramel and cat's eye chalk ink on vintage cream and then cut out and adhered to the image using a pop dot.

Oh yeah, the squirrel was stamped on kraft cardstock. I started with dark chocolate cardstock and to add some more color used some PP I got from target a while back from Marcella K (I just love that paper pack) and then the image was secured on top of that.

I think that is it. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

P.S. Do you like my picture staging? hehehe

More Timeless Templates

First off, Happy Friday!!!

I am so in love with Lauren Meader's Timeless Templates you can order from PaperTrey Ink. They truly are so easy to use. This is the "desktop organizer" template. It was made to put notecards in. I was going to do that but saw all the cool ideas for putting candy in them. I didn't have any candy that would work for this. I scrummaged my cupboards and came across some hot cocoa packets and thought that would be a great idea.

What a way for someone to feel better if they are blue, sick, or just down for some reason or another.

The paper is PTI sweet blush. The PP is the same I used for the "Peanut" card yesterday.

I can't think of what else. The flower and ribbon are from Michael's or Joann's.

Have a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

MIA

Happy Friday!!! I need to apologize and explain my absence the last couple of days. I mentioned before that my hubby was hunting for bear and deer and that I was spending the weekend with family. Obviously I am back since I posted earlier this week.

But that was it. I had a few days with my hubby and now he is off again. He left yesterday morning to go to Colorado to go Elk hunting. I know not everyone is happy with hunters hunting animals. I am sorry if that bothers you. I love my hubby and proud of his adventures. I have had to learn to be a hunter's wife. I didn't know he hunted when I met him but I am proud of him and all he does for our family.

With that said, since I only had a couple of days I didn't want to spend too much time in the craft room. It ended up that I didn't spend any time in the craft room. That is okay with me. I don't HAVE to craft, crazy, I know but that is me.

My boys were with my parents the other night because yesterday morning I had a doctor's appointment early and hubby was leaving before me to go to Colorado. Last night they spent the night with my sister because I had to work and since hubby wasn't home I needed someone to watch them. Needless to say it was a VERY quiet day and something I am not used to at all and am not very fond of.

So I did make it into the craft room for a while. I decided to throw a card together real quick because being a little sad (with all my guys missing) I wasn't in the mood to craft but wanted some eye candy for you guys.

So here it is. I finished up the ATC that I showed off the other day. This was really easy to do and I am pleased with it. I just wish that the ribbon was a little more in on the card but too late now.

This is very self explanatory so I will leave you with the picture. I hope you have a fantastic Friday and an even better weekend!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Simple Elegance

First of all Happy Friday!!! I hope you all have a fantastic weekend ahead. Mine is going to be okay. My hubby is going hunting for the weekend so I am kinda bummed not having him with me. But I am a big girl and have done this many times before. I did decide though, since I actually have family so close I might as well take advantage of the time and go visit for the weekend. I do have a correction to make. I might actually have something to show you on Monday, Tuesday at the latest, probably. So please come by and see what you might find.

As for my project for today. I decided to go simple and tried another ATC. I wanted to be simple and not too over done.

I started with the paper which is PTI and added some Summer sunrise cardstock. I stamped the "happy harvest" (from PTI my punny valentine set) in palette brown. I also stamped the nut out from the same set and it was inked using caramel caramel and chalk's eye dark brown ink.

I figured it needed more but decided against the ribbon. I remembered the pumpkin stamp I got from Target's $1 spot and stamped that in the same chalk dark brown. I was going to color it in but decided I like the simple look of it. Then I couldn't leave the other corner empty so I got out some brown jewels I had (I think they are from Michael's).

I think that is it. Have a great Friday!!! And most importantly, thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Target stamps?!?! and Mojo Madness

Happy Saturday and Happy Birthday to my sister, Carrie (I will keep her age a secret because I think she will kill me even though I am older) and my new niece, Cassidy who is turning the ripe old age of 5!!! Wish I could be there to celebrate with you both but alas, I can't be in two places at once, let alone 3.

WooHoo!!! I am posting on Saturday because I missed so much this passed week. So sorry about that but nothing comes between me and family hehehe.

Okay so I sat down to make a card box seen on Lorie's blog. I found the post and read where she got the template and then realized that the template has to be bought or it was a class or something so no go on the card box. Oh well.

But now what do I make. I need to make something. The boys were down and relaxing and I had some free time AND I needed to make something to post for everyone here.

Then I remembered that Julee is having her monthly/weekly mojo madness contests. I say both because monthly she gives away stamps to the winners but she does the mojo sketches every Monday.

Being as it is the first of the month her free stamp giveaway is under way. This is what I came up with.

I was in Las Vegas on Thursday to take my SIL to the airport after her month long stay with us. My DH and sons love Bass Pro Shops so we stopped in there. Well, there is a Target down the street so I had to go there. I was actually looking for Book #3 of the Twilight series in paperback but can only find the hardcovers (2x as much, not my deal) anyway I went to the $1 section and saw a couple of nice stamps for fall. I thought, a dollar, gotta try them out. I am very impressed on how well they stamped. Worth it in my opinion.

So, if you want the deets feel free to email me. I have to get going and finish up some chores that are calling my name since being home.

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT weekend!!!

Missy